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Record details

BirdPix:   36698
Province:   Western Cape
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   3518BC
Observer:   Mason Michael
Date of record:   2017-04-27
Number of photos:   3
Notes:   Seabirds materialised out of the blackness in the light next to the Sinfonia. Great Shearwaters were most numerous.
Last updated:   2020-12-03 11:24:41
Sp. code:   25
Species name:   Puffinus gravis
Common name:   Great Shearwater -- Grootpylstormvoel
Family:   Procellariidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   Great Shearwater
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=BirdPix-36698
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 36698 - photo: 1
VM-number: 36698 - photo: 2
VM-number: 36698 - photo: 3

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Les Underhill
Comment:  
Date:   2017-04-29 10:07:03
Species name:   Puffinus gravis -- Great Shearwater; Grootpylstormvoel
Species code:   25

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